Cornucopia 37 : A Riot of Textiles

The Great Textile Takeover

Suddenly Istanbul is ablaze with historic textiles, from coats of the Silk Road to fifteenth-century mosque carpets. For the first time in the thirty years since it was set up ICOC, the three-yearly International Conference on Oriental Carpets which always draws a knowledgeable crowd, is being held in Istanbul. Its presence in April (2007) has acted as a catalyst for a flurry of exhibitions, some of them permanent, others fleeting...